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1SOP. Fab. I. Of the Cock^ a?yl pretious Stone. T O If T Chanticleer three times aloud proclaims Day's fignall vidory ore Night's vanquifh'd Flames: As oft the mighty W Lyons are affrighted ... Show more
1SOP. Fab. I. Of the Cock^ a?yl pretious Stone. T O If T Chanticleer three times aloud proclaims Day's fignall vidory ore Night's vanquifh'd Flames: As oft the mighty W Lyons are affrighted M*rs tardy Sentinel three times aloud proclaim'd Th' approaching Day. The Fable is thus related by L*ci*n. There was a young m*H u,^ A lector, very intimate wi,h Mars, in Jo much that wherfoevtr Mars *f to Venus, be tetk. Ale&or ><& &, (/ri/ the Sun wjj/;; i,; In. w Vulcan ) W /f/( /w to jm wf ffe Acr, rfj< to give notice wh: the Sun up. pruch'd. On 4 time ke&otfc!la/lee?-And*mlliglj bttmj'd his Trft : The Sun difcoverdthe two Lovers iVu!can, who cufk them in 4NetMan,asfoc as he rnugct Imje, in anger turned the jouxg MU t. a CccK: for this r/*>/w tbt Su rifilb, the C^cro^s n give mice of his tffroitch. Chtretr.'x tlie Stoifk, and Proclas and/>erpAjrr.(,I>ytbagorc. an philofopbers.afcribe the crowing of the Cock before day to a fympathy betwixt that Bird and the Sun, affirming, that the Sun contributes fomeihing ce-ieftial to it, for which it gratefully ri- Hence perhaps is the Cock called the Perfia* Vird,Hefychins, rHftnx.li i{r,t, i axx7puV- becaufe.as the Virfians, he worfhips the rifing Sun : but the common reafon is taken from the Fable related by Ariflejhimes, in Avibtts, That on a time the Cock was Rmperour of Per/*,and raigncd tyrannically ; info-much that full all pevfom ss foon as he crow*betake ihemfelves to labour, as if fearing punrflimenc for negligence. fb, The reafon why the Lion is a-fi aid of the Cock.Prw/xs faith, is, be-caufe the Cock hath a much greater fhsre of i he <:uns influence then the Lyon , though they both derive their Katures from him. But Lucretius O- He from proud R oofts, high as the thatch defcends, s'**k'J"* "'"fm'ecd"immi^ His Wives, his Concubines, and fair Race attends. ^-, "I"'/', "'' {r1^ With his fhrill Notes, while others are delighted. In a fjhort Coat of Feathers warm as FurSj In Boots drawn up, and gilded Spurs^ ( Of old the valiant-Cock the Eagle Knighted ) Thcreare not any Seflt of Philofophy things to immateriality, The Eiicitre, boih allege for this, ( nbfit verb* invidi*) a feed in the Cocks body lies. And through the Balls with horrid anguifli goes, effluent attorns hurt the Lyons Eyes, That they their Courage, and all ficrcencf* lofe. te than tliefe two ; The Pytbtgorednr nd Actidemk'^ endeavouring to bring i .terislity : and if I may freely give my opinion of the reafons . to 1i:i:ih J.n '"T Scaling
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JESOTS F ABIES. Fab. II. Of the Dog and Shadow. fwt HIS Dog away with a whole Shoulder ran, B Let thanks be to the carelcls Larder-Man, Which made the Proverb true: both large and g... Show more
JESOTS F ABIES. Fab. II. Of the Dog and Shadow. fwt HIS Dog away with a whole Shoulder ran, B Let thanks be to the carelcls Larder-Man, Which made the Proverb true: both large and good The Mutton was, no way but take the Flood ; His fellow-Spaniels waiting in the Hall, Nay Hounds, and Currs, in for a fliare would fall; Thofe Beggars, that like Plague and Famine fit Guarding the Gate, would eat both him and it; Shrewd were his doubts left Serving-Men might put In for their part, and ftrive for the firft cut: A thoufand real Dangers thus perfuade. As many more his nimble fancy made ; Faces about, ftraight at a Poftern-Gate He takes the Stream, and leaves the reft to Fate. 'Twas in the Dog-daies too, the Skies were cleer, Not one black-patch did in Heaven's face appear : Breathlefs the Sun left two and thirty Winds., And fuch the Calm as that the W Halcyon finds. When a refra&ed R ay, a golden Beam In the grofs Medium of the darker Stream Pencil'd an other Shoulder like to that The Dog had purchas'd, (('; but more large, and fat. To him who oft had fed from Beggars Caps, Shar'd in the Dole, and quarrell'd for fain Scraps, With twenty more for a gnawn bone would fiuhr^ A greedy W orm, a dogged Appetite Gave (ad advice, to ieize one Shoulder more. ( Some Mortals till tbey'r Rich are never Poor. ) Too rafli he bites: down to the deepcft Stream The Shadow and thcSubftance, like a Dream la) It is obfen 'd by the antienr Au-thours of Natural Hutory, that the Alqon ( or King fifTier) breeds a-bout the Winter Solftice, when the Seas are mo'l fmooth and calnr whence MpH ditsgrn aP.overb amongft them for ferene weather and the Poets ufeto attribute thecaufeof it to them : as ThtocriiHt in his Buco-lik The HMcyon fmctth flail th' Ocean, til. Ad calm t'htfe lluflerhrfrittJs that fia needs (hake. The Halcyc of all Bird, that haunt tht Is mrf 'ttlev'dtfthe Nereides. We cannot better give an account of thefe Birds then in ihe words of p.'irj who writes thus; nia Hslcyonum janm mr.r,a,Vnqm navigant,mvcre .-Fattficatit bruma, tjui dies Hxlcycmde: vecantur, fUiido mart per ets & uavi-gabili, Sicuh maxime^c. The very Seas, and they that fail thereon know when the Halcyons fit and breed They lay and fir about Mid-winter, when daies befhorreft, and ihe time whilft they are brooding is cali'd the Halcj-<m-die, : for during that feafon the Sea is calm and navigable efpecially on the Coaft o( siilf. |n other parts alfo the Sea is not fo boyfterons but more quiet then at other times! But fure the Sicilian <*a is very ecn-tje, both in the Streights, and alfo in the open Ocean. Now within feven da.es before Mid-winter they build andwuhin as many after they have' Obncit h-ic vdtit alt fyxram, Multo majertm frtd '", id r..idk, 'vifm diffurfit & no, i p<H velut infteculoqMC rc- Another Dog 'mi bears, Becsufe th' airs medium is more tt and bright, WiMih!n>che.vend ar.d ' l :-,;vs thefipht, r the fi n Mir l h W figure, as in Mirrors takes Which by refra&ional! things larger
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reprcfented a cloud be the form of Juno, which attempted , and begoc iceptions of Ambition. Theltory which thisFable was founded is thi,; (.,V;i;iR o( Thefa/j.vihok Country i i;,;c;',l... Show more
reprcfented a cloud be the form of Juno, which attempted , and begoc iceptions of Ambition. Theltory which thisFable was founded is thi,; (.,V;i;iR o( Thefa/j.vihok Country i i;,;c;',l v/iih wild Culls proclaimed Cloud , whence rife the Fable of their ori^nal) mounted on Horfcs (therirlt in thofc parts that had made ufc or any) hy the addition of theirfpeed,overtook the Bulls and kill'd them with their lTreU%Jtneycaii^hLCSntaur.i m dum ftrr J,rtf!rtvolmt: ver Nccqutmfttcbtt*, dtmifit cibm, icoptmt att^crc. S**f, with his prize, whilftoreabrook hefwam. Saw in the cryft.i 1 Mirroar of the ftream, Himfelf tranfporti: g fuch another Prey, A fecond Courfe ; fuch fond hopes him betray. Provok'dbyAppetite ,the greedy wretch Drops the fwreet Boi ic, afaplcfs fliade Thus both the vain . refemblance , and his own Were , gaping for t wo Benefice*, son. JB.SO? S FABLES. Vanifli'd together ; thrice he dives in vain -t For the fwift Current bore it to the Main, To furnifh Triton's Banquet, who that day Married the famous Mermaid Galate. The Virgin (mil'd, but yet the eafie Nymph Ret urn'd not, for the Preient, one poor Shrimp. Thrice round he looks, raifing his woful head, To fee which way the Feather'djoynt was fled; But finding none, he is refblv'd to die, And with his Love dear Lady Mutton lie. Yet hating a wet Death, he fwam to more, Then /et a Throat up made the Welking rore; To hang himfelf in his own collar he Is next refblv'd, could he but find a Tree. Full of defpair, there down himfelf he flung Then thus his howling Recantation fung ; Here I the Emblem of fond Mortals fit, That lofe the fubftance for an Empty bit: Whom fair pretences, and a hollow fliade Of future Happinefs, Unhappy made: Nay States, and mighty Realms,with plenty proud, Thus for Rich W Juno oft imbrace a Cloud. He is too bleft that his own happinefs fyiorps. And Mortals to themjelves are greatefl Foes. Moral. Foul Avarice is of pregnant Mony bred; He that loves Gold^ftarves more, the more hes fed: Doubling ofthoufands ZJfurers to their coft Know, when both ZJfe and Principall is loft.
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jESOFS FABLES. Fab. HI. Of the Lyon, and other Beafts. "^ST T"^T THen troops of Beams led by the grey- V/ V/ ey'd Dawn From Eaftern Ports rufh'd with recruited light, And beat ... Show more
jESOFS FABLES. Fab. HI. Of the Lyon, and other Beafts. "^ST T"^T THen troops of Beams led by the grey- V/ V/ ey'd Dawn From Eaftern Ports rufh'd with recruited light, And beat up all the quarters of the Night; When Cynthia fled, with broken filence drawn, Her glory plunder'd,pale at the affright; When Acheron's jaws for routed W Spirits yawn, Dreams and fantaftick Vifions put to flight; When Stars diforder'd hid in ^ Sea-Nymphs beds, Or back to Heaven did jfhrink their golden heads: Then was the Lyon up, and all his Court, Prepar'd to hunt, from Woods and Defarts came Various wild Beafts/rom Fields and Cities tame. About his Palace throng a huge reiort, Becau/e the Royal EdicT: did proclaim There would be profit, Feafts, as well as Sport: Thus expectation heighten'ci was by Fame, The fcrong, fwift, cunning, all laid Nofe to ground, Should iliare alike with him of what they found. W irh 'c: tygrim,("' Bruine came, and all his Bears, Attending in the Pretence yet being dark j R am Bel in fare was there as in the Ark, {r) Key Hard was bufle with his Gins and Snares, Vv ell knowing all walks and outlets of the Park, {f> Tybert attends with Troops of Mountaineers, And Jejfry the Ape, well Hors'd, a gallant Spark. All forts of Dogs, mongft whom the Spaniel waits, For fliadows hoping now fubftantial Cates. C The (a) Thofewlio firft pretended to have converfe with GholU (thc* gjftUu, 1 conceive, vvlio believ'd the World to be full of Spirit!) chore the night as a Veil for [heir forgery, making this pretext, that the Sun was an Enemy to thokVmir* or dark ftiades This is evident in the fpeech of Anchi-fes, who as he appear'd to tenets at Night, ttrfrVEneidj. Et nox tnt plum bigii fubvtlU ttnt- Vifldehim coth facie 1 deUffn fMrintis ,'M-ihife, fubito tales (fnnderc voces. When Night's black Cha: iot had pof-IdVd the- Pole, edid behold Anehifcs foul Defending, which t< thefc impell'd f arxqHt v*U : tarqutt med'tos nox hi-. mMcurfxs, Et me [tvus equis Ontns effltvit anhe- Us. Down from tlieVertick point the moift Night fpeeds, And me the Sun drives hence with panting Steeds. Where he gives the Sm the Epithet of f*VHs,crueI, becaufe he would not permit his aboad on Earth any longer. (b). The more general opinion of the Ancients was (before the latter Navigations had demonftrated the Earth to be a Globe ) that the Superficies on which we liv'd was a plain,en-compafs'd on every fide with the main Ocean : whence at the fetting of the Sun in the mofr Weftern parti of the World, the Horizon being terminated in the Sea. the Poets deftnbed, that by the Suns defending into it, and its n-fing by its emergency out of it. So Homer defenbes the fetting of the Sun, JIMS. 'Hvf'imr 'Ouctv^ KafJ.iriit fa'- -! Mean while the SundiAittthe Oce.nftt His glorious beams, and Night's U(( and its riling, 0<///. 23. ,U M,m*t<tifu When frem the Ocean reft the golden Morn Bring ht light to Mtrt*ls,*tid did Earth Another opinion there was, that the Sun declining in a Cloud in the Weft return'd back ov;r the inhabitable pa: ts of the North and fo rofe acajn intheEaft. (O The Wolf. id) The Bear. it) The Fox. (/) The Cat
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FABLES. Stoiclrr) that the Sun is nounfh'd by exhalations from inferior bodi. m perfuit hereof they affirm'd, that Nature plac'd the Ocean direftly under thc Zodiac^, that he and the othe... Show more
FABLES. Stoiclrr) that the Sun is nounfh'd by exhalations from inferior bodi. m perfuit hereof they affirm'd, that Nature plac'd the Ocean direftly under thc Zodiac^, that he and the other Odyjf 12. feignt that f*pitt by i'.Seons, In like manner that golden Chan (mention'd 1H*d%.) with which ;/ him, *A?a' 071 ti & *> vtv'tw i3tA5/ju; lev- V>th theft wet'I til the Goddefc, and ^v'*p toHi"", ><dbidwithout The Stticlrj interpret tbus; fnpitrr, that is, the Air, rtiall by the golden Chain the Sun, exhauftin proccfiof time not the Ocean only, but all the moiflure alfo out of the Earth ,to fup-plyand feed it. The ^ Sun fcarce drank his draught of morning dew Nor did his Bowl of difTolv'd Pearl exhauft, When mix'd Troops take the Field, no time is loft. At laft a Royal Hart they ran in view. Whom, having at a Bay, the Lyon drew About him round his various languag'd Hoit : Many their limbs, and fome their lives it coft ; At laft ore-powr'd by number, down he falls, W hile Heaven and Earth ring at his Funerals. Th'unlace, then ftrip, and next divide the Deer. Thus the offended King did then complain : Thcfe (hares not equall are, divide again. One portion of the Quarrey will appear My Perquifite, as I'm your Soveraign; The next is Ours, as being ftrongeft here; Thc third you muft acknowledg for my pain j The laft fliall be your bounty, not Our claim: But who denies, look to't, his Foe I am. No Subjed 'gainft his Prince durft try his Suit; Not Reynard, though moft learned in the Law. Vain are all Pleas againft the Lyons paw, 'Tis onely force muft violence confute, juft Title prefent Power dothover-aw. None of the Beafts their grievances difputc, All home return, fad with a hungry Maw. But as they went, one faid, Though Equals mujl, let when they fleafe Superiors may be jujl. Mora l. When mighty Tower with Avarice is joyn'd. Will is obcy'd, and Juftice caft behind : So Tyrants to ingagethe People grant, And at their phafure brcal^the Covenant.
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j&SOFS FABLES. Fab. IV. Of the Eagle and the Daw. ^-^He W Royal Eagle,when the Ocean's dark Waves had retir'd to their low water mark, Weary with groffer food,and bloody rneat^ Forfakes ... Show more
j&SOFS FABLES. Fab. IV. Of the Eagle and the Daw. ^-^He W Royal Eagle,when the Ocean's dark Waves had retir'd to their low water mark, Weary with groffer food,and bloody rneat^ Forfakes his Cedar Court and mountain feat To feek frefli banquets; nothing that the Ark Contain'd could pleafe,Kid, Pidgeon, Lamb,nor Lark, Nor humane flaughter moyft with putrid gore His gorge with furfeit weaken'd could put ore. Shell-fifh being fait Might cure the fault, That only muft his former health reftore. When (*> his quick eye piercing the air a mile, Upon the lea-wafli'd Margents of an Ifle A Scollop found: which was in fliell ib lock'd That if the Devil and his Dam had knock'd,, They might have ftaid for entrance a while. Without fuccels long did the Eagle toyl, His Beak grows blunt,his griping Tallons ake, Noftorm nor ftratagem the fort will take : When the flie Dawr The leagurc faw, Thus to his King and Royal Mafter fpake. Prince of the plumed Citizens,to whom We come for Juftice and receive our doom, Your Highnefs hath been pleas'd to take advice From filly Birds, from pratling Dawes and Pies, And oft great Kings will hear the meaneft Groom. Not far from hence (Sir) ftands an antient Tomb Hard ) The fame appellation Ovid the Eagle in bit Metamerphofi, Whence it was ufuaily born on the Sccprcr.s of Princes, and at length became the Enfign of the Ren,,;,-.! mpirc: Ovid. Sign*, decu, btlli, Parthnt Romana Romanxfw Atfuil* figmfer hoflii To which they added two heads when the Empire wis divided into the Eaft and Weftern, as it remains at this day. f Plmj in his Natural Hiftory. The Eagle ha: the quickff ttncL clear (ft eye of all others, fearing and mountixf on high : She beats and fir ikes her little cues -with her wings before they be plumed , and thereby forces them u Uok, di-refllj agaixft the Sun-beams. If fit fees any me of them to wink., or their eye, water at the raies of the Sun , fie cafis tt out of the nefl, at illegitimate,but breeds up that whofe eyes do firmly abide the light.
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8 Ai SOPS FABLES. Hard as the Adamantine gates of Hell, Mount with that Fifti enchanted by a ipell, LciTen to a Lark Then take your Mark, (e) This hath been obferv'd a n... Show more
8 Ai SOPS FABLES. Hard as the Adamantine gates of Hell, Mount with that Fifti enchanted by a ipell, LciTen to a Lark Then take your Mark, (e) This hath been obferv'd a na- And on M hard Marble break th'obdurate ftiell. tural policy in the Eagle. Vlinj in his Natui al tultory,lngcnium ejv ei Hjtitrt-dines captas frantere e fublimi iacien-do ; When the Bugle has ftWd upon This coun/el pleas'd the Feather'd King : who ftraight Tortoifes , and caught them up with her Talons, fietkrows them dtvnfrom aloft 'Bove Clouds and winged Tempefts made a flight : i to breaks their fids. He confirms this by the manner of ^fchylus the Poet's So high he fbar'd,till Earth's magnetick force death: Qua firs interemit Peetam JEfchylum, prtdittam fatis, tttferunt, rjtrs diet rptinitm fect:ra cccli fide caven- Would not have hinder'd to the Starrs his courie ten,; It vas the fortune of the Poet jEfchylus to die by fucha means ; fir Then let the Scollop fall,where its own weight when he was foretold that it was hit de-flinjto die upon fuch day by fomefhing Made a wide paflage to the lufhious Freight. falling ufon his head, he, thinking to prevent that, got firth that d*y into a fff _/ f*r f*~n*. Lintilr r.v trfip Soon as the hungry Daw perceiv'd the prize, great openpLun, J.tr]romhojt or tree, frefuminguf-OHthe clear *nd*p,Sk>e : Howbeit an Eagle let fall a Tortsi/e, He ftood not to confult, but in he flics; Which lighting u-on his Head, d.i/h'dcut his brains. This Story is more fully And ftraight did eat related by Valerius Maximus lib. 9. cap. 12. The Delicate, Then to the fheltring wood for /afety hies. W^hen th'Eagle this from Heavens bright arches faw, With a deep figh he faid; Ah treacherous Daw! By fair pretence, and counfel feeming good, Thou haft depriv'd me of my dainty food. Thus cunning Foxes ufe the Lyon's Paw; And by thefe Arts Sub/efts from Princes draw Soveraignty to themfervs: the Monarch's wing Muft be ftretch'd out to his own ruining ; No other power So high can towre, 'Tis the King only muft deftroy the King. Moral. Let Princes of the heft Advice beware, Nor trull the greedy, they ft ill treacherous are: Subje&i to Kings Exchequers have no may, Vnlefs themfelvs deliver up the Key. Fab.
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JESOTS FABLES. Fab. V. Of the Crow and the Fox. "^T T" "^T T" A S it the Crow that by a cunning Y Y plot A piece of Cheefe had got > Or flierking R ook, or Chough, or Pye ? Some... Show more
JESOTS FABLES. Fab. V. Of the Crow and the Fox. "^T T" "^T T" A S it the Crow that by a cunning Y Y plot A piece of Cheefe had got > Or flierking R ook, or Chough, or Pye ? Some bold affirm, as boldly iome deny. But fure I am it was that Daw, or Crow, And I can prove it to be (b, That robb'd the King his Mafter of his meat; And now to make his Cozenage more compleat, On Man, his King's King, puts the fecond cheat. The Crow, furpriz'd with his own happy Wit, Could neither ftand nor fit; Proud of the Spoil, he makes a fearch Through all the Grove to find a dancing Pearch : From bough to bough th'infulter hops; Too low are now tall Cedars tops. At laft he fix'd; whom flieSir Reynard fees, And foon projecting how to get the Cheefe, Thus he accofts him,plac'd 'mong lofty Trees; O thou moil: ("' Weather-wife, who beft canft tell When Heaven as dark as Hell Juno incens'd fliall make, and when Jove condens'd air will rarifie agen. But what fings lying Fame ? She faies Thou blacker art than thofe foul daies : But yet to thine,Swan's filver down feems tann'd, Phoenix her funerall Fire with flich Plumes fann'd, And Mexicans in fiVht like Angels ftand. D As (.<) The Superditious Amients, as they attributed divine knowledge to fevcral forts of Birds and Beafts, fo efpecially to the Crow , and I believe that the Creek and Rcm*m Hiflory has not recorded fo many fatal pracdiftions made by any animal as by this. But in particular they ghefled at the foul-nffsor ferenity of the weather from the manner of their Croaking or Hying , as we find in Aratm his Th/mt-menn, thus tranfcribed by Virgil in the firft of his Geergickj,though they affign a natural reafon for it, which the reft undcrftood not, Turn liquids* Corvi pref tcr vutture Ar.t quitter ingeminunt, & fepe cttbi/i- bus this, Nefcio qui prtter folitum dulcidint t: )HV#t imbribus Inter fefrliis firepiu Three or four timt ded Throats Loud croaking Rav And oft, I know n :ns double tby what Amongft the Leaves that fhade their lofty Court; And the Storm paft.delightcd are to fee Their own lov'd buildings ,-nJ their Progeny. Nor think I Heaven on them fuch knowk'dg ftates, Nor that their Prudence is above the But when a Tempeft and a fleeting and the ng'd, the mo- e the t-ack Have chang'd their courl moid Air grows black With Southern Winds, which thicken Thin vapours, and the groffer ratifies, Their thoughts; tions of their mind Ircondant are like Clouds befoi Wind: From her.ee Birds chaunt forth Inch melodious Notes. The Beafts are glad.and Crows ftretcli joyful throacs. 1 he difference of their Notes upon change of air is thus delivered by |?/ty. Crews crying tt> one Mother , .,,/ ther fobb'd or jexed therewith, W baJs cLifping Ihimfelvs with their wings, if they ctntinui this Ntte do portc>iu'mds: but ifthqfive ever between whiles and cut their cry fart, M if they fwalhnni it back *Zin, they frefae Rin 'ind tcth.
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IO ySOPS FABLES. (i)Thisfancyofthe Muficians "is noted by Horinhis Satyrs, where he defcnbes and laughs at the humors and manners of men : Omnibus hoc vititim efi cantoribus, inter Vtytunqu... Show more
IO ySOPS FABLES. (i)Thisfancyofthe Muficians "is noted by Horinhis Satyrs, where he defcnbes and laughs at the humors and manners of men : Omnibus hoc vititim efi cantoribus, inter Vtytunquam inductnt animum ctttttre, nguti, Injufi nm^num defifttnU Sardus h- bib.tt lilt Tigellius hoc. Csefar ijui cogtre t*flet Si pittret per amicitUm putris , atque SzUlZZlt "fZficeret fi collihiQct, b As thou in Plumes, didft thou excel in voyce, 'T would Heaven and Earth re Joyce: Wouldft thou but chant onepleafing Lay Then be thou King of Birds, and Lord of May. Fair Crow intrcated, not refufe As crotcheting ^ Muficians ufe; - Sing, and let mounting Larks forfake the skie^ And let the emulating Lynnet dye, And M Swans no more tune their own Obiequie. Succeis wide doors to open Flattery gives; All this the Crow believes: Trying to reach no common Note, Down drops the Dainty in fly Reynard's throat; Who chops it up; then fleering laid: You haveiung well, and I have plaid My part not ill: All learned Doctors hold Chee/e for the voice far worler is than cold, Since once it turn'd a Syren to a Scold. When the Crow laid: I that robb'd Man,whole Plot Spoyls from the Eagle got; A Beaft hath cozen'd of no kfs A dainty now than my whole fecond mefs. What cannot glozing Flatterers do, When our own felvs we flatter too > Go fcorn'd of all, and take thy woful flight To di/mal Groves, there mix with Birds of night: Did thy own eyes believe the Crow is white ? Moral. Great is the power of Charms} but whatinchants More than bewitching tongues of Sycophants < Love} and the wealth of Kings, are in their power, And Gold not fooner takes the maiden Tower. When they are rnoft entreated to refufe, Unask d they'l ne'r give ore. This is Of fam'd Tigcllws, the Sardinian Should great ifepjhu.wh* might him Him of his own and Ctfa's kindnefs A Song defiring -t time he ftiould nv.f- fpend : Who when he lids, Io Bxcehe fine to th'end. (t)T4{4m*s notes that C]g**> King oiL<gnri*,i Prince much iddiftcd to Mufick , was transform'd into a Swan by Apollo, which Bird ever fir.ee was Mufical, entertaining its own death with Songs and rejoycings. Oviin his Epiftlei, Sic tiki f*U VOCAHt , dil abjtilns in Ad vnd* Miar.dri cencimt albas The dying Swan, adorn'd with Silver So in the ie'dges otMt*dtr lings. 'Tistrue that the Authori of Na CLiral Hiliorv P2ve lin'c credit to this ' I" 1 1 d- 1 " b fore death, ;s Ariftotlc, Pliny, and (he like and Altxtndtr Myndimi faies that he has attci Jed the death of feve-Ti of tncTtij yet never liCiird one mu fical Note. However, it being tlievul-gir notion, it ferv'd the I'oets to brau-tifie their Poefiewithll.iWfM/in hi> Fpigrami, Dnlci4Jtf,H} mciuUtur ctrmintl.n-Csnutor c1Ln*s fmarit iffi fi. "I he Swan lier (Wecteit Notei ling? ns file dies, Chief mourner a; ht r own fad Obfe- quici.
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FABLES. ii Fab. VI.. The Band of the Frog andMoufe. F Rog-land'to five, and Micean R ealms to fpare From War and R uine., two bold Kings prepare The Empire of the MarJJjes to decide In fin... Show more
FABLES. ii Fab. VI.. The Band of the Frog andMoufe. F Rog-land'to five, and Micean R ealms to fpare From War and R uine., two bold Kings prepare The Empire of the MarJJjes to decide In fingle fight; From all parts far and wide Both Nations flock to ice the great event, And load with Vows and Pray'rs the Firmament : Oppos'd Petitions grant Heaven's Court no reft., While Hopes and Fears thus ftruglein their bread. Lip to the fatal Lifts and meaiur'd Banks Both Armies drew; bold Yellow-coats in R anks And black furr'd Moufcovites the circle man, Which the fix-finger'd Giant could not [pan. The riling Hills each where the vulgar crown'd : Nor long exped they, when the warlike found, Of fpirit-ftining Hornets, Gnats and Bees, ( Such Trumpeters would blood turn'd Ice unfreeze) Told the approach of two no petty Kings, While the Ions; Vale with big-voyc'd Croakers rings. Firft King Frogmoreton with the freckled face Enters the Lift (for they by Lot took place ) R iding a Crafijh, arm'd from head to heel In Shell, dime Nature's gift,inftead of Steel. Although the many-footed could not run With the great Crab, which yearly feafts the Sun ; Nor with the golden Scorpion could fet forth And meafure daily the tun-belly d Earth; Yet fuch his fpeed he ne'r was overtook By any flhell-back'd Monfter of the brook. 1) The
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12 FABLES. U) Hercules, being about i<5 or 18 years of age, (lew the Ncmtanlyon, (whofe skin ?had caufedtobe impenetrable, intending thereby the de-ftru<5tion of Hireults)wd bore it ... Show more
12 FABLES. U) Hercules, being about i<5 or 18 years of age, (lew the Ncmtanlyon, (whofe skin ?had caufedtobe impenetrable, intending thereby the de-ftru<5tion of Hireults)wd bore it ever after for his Target. Euripides in his Upon your head you put the Lyon's Which both his Cask, Back-piece, and Breft-platewis. Whence we feldom fee of Htrcnlis without it. ny Statue (*) A river of LjdU that had fo any windings and turnings, that it became a proverb among the Cm cmxt, all obliquities being called by them --. M; The Arms he wore once were a water-Snake's, Which in the battel, when the fprings and lakes Decided were, a Conqueror he brought From the deep floods, with gold and purple wrought; Ore thefe a water-R at's black Fur he caft., Dreadful with teeth and claws. Thus, as he paft The Vulgar fliout to fee their fix-inch'd King Like great Alcider in his(<) Lyons skin. A whole houfe arm'd his head, had been a Snail's: Though Eftridg Plumes it wants, and Peacocks Tails, Yet every colour the great R ain-bow dies, Shone on his creft,the wings of Butter-flies, Sent him of old a prefent from Queen Mab. His Targe the fhell of a deferred Crab, Where in the Throgian tongue this verfe was writ; The Manlike fwinmiing King unvanqnijh'dyet. Six fprightly Toadfoles his ruHi Javelins bore; His Sword, a (harp long two edg'd Flag,he wore Girt to his thigh, a wand'ring Snail the Hilt With a bright varnifli in (t) Meanders gilt. Appointed thus,about the Lifts he rid, While all admire the Champion's Arms and Steed. Soon as the pleas'd fpe&ators fetled were, Glad Acclamations melting into Air, Voices were heard through ecchoing valleys ring;, Th'approach foretelling of the Micean King. A fubdu'd Moufe-trap,his Sedan in peace, His Chariot now, from Man's high Palaces Mouflapha brought: Ne'r through the fcorching plain Did fweating Kings draw fuch a Tamberlain: Six Princes, captive Ferrets, through deep trails Fearing the lafli,oft fir'd his rhundring ax : And
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FABLES. mi And though a heavy mortal was their load, King Oberon they ore hill and dale out-rode. Enter'd the Lifts, he lights, then mounted on A dapled Weefle the bold Micedon Appear'd (ma... Show more
FABLES. mi And though a heavy mortal was their load, King Oberon they ore hill and dale out-rode. Enter'd the Lifts, he lights, then mounted on A dapled Weefle the bold Micedon Appear'd (may we great things compare with fmall,) Like the World's Conqueror,though not fo tall. His Arms were not of Steel,nor Gold,nor Brals; Nor fweating(c) Cyclops turn'd the yeelding mafs With griping tongues, nor Bull-skin bellows rore To purge Ele&rum from the froathie Ore j But the black coat of a Weftphalia Swine, Long hung in fmoke, which now like Jet did mine. Fame fays, (andflie tels truth as oft as lyes ) The feafon d Gammon Miceans did furprize, Spoyl'd the red flefh before 'twas once ferv'd up After full boards,to relliiri a frefh cup: This their King's right, his Captains did prefent To him for Safety, and an Ornament j Such was black Mouflapha's habergeon: The ancient Hero's had but Sted upon The heads of cruel Spears; but this did weild A Lance, whofe body wras all over fteel'd; It was a Knitting-needle, ftrong and bright; His Helm a Thimble,daz'd th'Enemies fight, Ore which a thick fall'd Plume,wagg'd with each gale, Of Tiffany, gnawn from a Ladie's Veil; In it a Sprig which made his own afeard, ThejlijfMujlachios of a dead Cats Beard. His (olid Shield which he fo much did truft Was Bisket, though fomc write 'twas Manchet cruft. Hiftorians oft, as Poets,do miftake; But I affirm 'twas Bisket, for the Cake They all agree by Navigation, Four times was {eafon'd in the Torrid Zone. The (c) The cjebp, were the fons of Calm and Tel/,,relenkd by fttpiter out of Hell, and imploycd to forge his fearful Artillery, Thunderbolts, for him .- of whom thus Virgil, ^neid. 8. Firrttm cxircekant vtfto Cyclopes ?p?w, & nKius membra I'yracmon, His infermamm manikin jam furte The Cyclopi in vaft Caves their Anvils beat: Sttnpcs, Brontts, naked Pjr*cmm twat, In forging Thunder. The names of thefe three exprefs their faculties. Thunder, Lightning,
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